The Mississippi Lowlands
The Mississippi Lowlands is our home. The Mississippi
Lowlands gets the most rain out of all of Missouri’s regions.
Some of the cities in the Mississippi Lowlands are Sikeston,
New Madrid, and Kennett. The Lowlands has rich, black soil,
and some parts are covered marshlands. The Mississippi
Lowlands is known as the Bootheel, because its resemblance to
a heel of a boot.
The Mississippi Lowlands is the warmest of all the regions.
The hottest temperature on record was 118 degree. The record
rain fall was 112 centimeters. It gets very hot in the summer
and stays warm in the winter. The Mississippi Lowlands doesn’t
get as much snow as the other regions. The coldest
temperature on record was 40 degrees below zero.
The Mississippi Lowlands has paddlefish, catfish, trout, and
bass in the rivers and lakes. The Mississippi river makes the
eastern border of the Mississippi lowlands. Soy beans, corn,
cotton, and rice are grown in the Mississippi Lowlands. These
resources are then transported around the world. It’s a good
place for farmers because it’s a good place for growing crops.
By: Tori, Chase, Zaqaisha, & Thomas